Its a hot day today. And when its a hot day, I buy some ice-creams for them

And after that, its sleepy time all the way home.

When I was a kid, there was no such thing as ice-cream treats or the chance to ride in air-conditioned buses. I mean I am not one of those "I used to walk 10 miles to school everyday" students. This is a City and the chances of you doing that is very small. Moreover, if you try this now, you're going to get robbed/hit by a car/bike/running dogs, etc. or worse, get lung problems from the Haze which is becoming more frequent.

Anyway, once school is over, the bus is already there, waiting. Trying to beat the crowd at the Ice-Cream bike or the Cendol line means sacrificing a seat on the bus since everyone is rushing to go home. So, you have your choice made very clear to you.

But with the current Generation, its either the Bus or the Parent's car.

Today is a very special day and it just so happened to be the first day too. Litt tak is having another Warehouse Sale. So, although I do not have the mood, my hand was still itchy. With ore and more people knowing about these Sales over the years, the prices of the 'wanted' items are not really that cheap anymore. And even if they are, its not my type.

Oh, man. Even at this time, there are a lot of GundamHeads in there. I wanted the 1/48 Bandai Sengkai 6500,which is a research submarine, but at the price of RM178,its still to expensive and not much of a discount.

So, what did I get on this special day? I will reveal it to you later. Something which is a great bargain....

So, this is what I got from the Litt Tak Warehouse Sale; a Bandai Ver. ka Core Booster and One-Piece's Trafalgar Law's Submarine. Actually, deep in my heart, I wanted the Bandai 1/48 Shinkai 6500 which comes with lights and is quite big. However, for RM178, its too much for me. As you have already know, I already have the Core Booster and having another box is actually a waste of money. But I bought it regardless because during the Sale, it costs less than 10 McDonalds value meals.

Same box, different scales. But is it the samemanufacturing technology?

I a not a fan of One-Piece. Not because I like it but because there are so many episodes (in the regions of three digit) you can't really catch up with all of them. Not only that, you have to make up your mind if you want to read the Manga first or watch the anime. Either way, its like Bleach all over again for me, which means its never ending epiodes. So, this time, I just steer clear of it and pick out whatever is nice.

And so, this Trafalgar Law's Submarine is nice...

There are four coloured sprues for you to completethe Submarine. Because of its 'simple' colours, youdo not really have to do much on colouring it. Thisis a non-scale model and trying to make it accurate(or being anal about it) is pointless.

But to me, the size of this model is quite OK.Not too big, not too small. And after lookingat the instruction sheet, its is quite hollowinside. That is, if you care to remove all the'extra' parts.

One thing that is different from other Bandai kitsis that the way the parts are held together. If youlook closely, it is designed to be 'plucked' by hand

In other words, you do not need to put much effortinto removing the parts cleanly as this picture shows.The brown part came off as it was accidentally 'crushed'which effectively made itself 'pop' out of the sprue.

Just like the other ship, there is an additional clearplastic part which resembles a wave. What you dois remove the lower part of the submarine and thenstick the wave part over it and voila!

So, this is the idea. When I was researching on thisSub vie the Internet, there was a short clip showinghow it lights up underwater. Which got me thinkingthat it would be nice to also light it up.

As this is a non-scale model, you can literally do what you think you can with it. Initially I was thinking of:

1. Replacing the floorboards with balsa wood for a more realistic grain.2. Cut out the rails and replace them with Plastruct parts.3. Remove all the portholes and insert LEDs inside them4. Replace the sail with a more realistic one but there is a problem with the Pirate Sign.

Ah, forget it. I just light it up, maybe using a solar cell or something...

An Arab enters a taxi in New York and he asks the driver to turn off the radio and explains that he must not hear music as decreed by his religion for in the time of the Prophet, there was no music especially Western music which is music of the infidel’s, and no radio...

So the driver turns off the radio, stops the car, leans over and opens the back door.

The Arab asks him : "What are you doing?"

The driver replied : "In the time of the Prophet there were no taxis, so get out my car and wait for a f#@*ing camel."

When it is raining, drop everything (except the Kids or the Atomic bomb) and rush back to the house. Cry like a baby who lost their 5 inch sticky lollipop to the hard tile. Then resolve never to do laundry again until someone gives you a 10,000 Megwatt Dryer which can dry your clothes in a fraction of a second.

Strangely, when I came back, the clothes were dry and smelt fresh.But the ground was wet... huh?